Great National Parks in Indonesia

Leuser Mount National Park

Leuser Mount National Park is representative of coastal forest ecosystems, and tropical rain forest lowlands to the mountains.

Almost the entire area covered by forest cover Dipterocarpaceae with several rivers and waterfalls. There is a rare and distinctive plant which leaves a giant umbrella (Johannesteijsmannia altifrons), Raflesia flowers (Rafflesia atjehensis and R. micropylora) and Rhizanthes zippelnii which is the largest flower with a diameter of 1.5 meters. In addition, there is a unique plant or plant strangler fig.

Endangered and protected animals found in national parks, among others, introspect/orangutan (Pongo abelii), gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus syndactylus), Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus), Sumatran rhinoceros (sumatrensis sumatrensis Dicerorhinus), Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), forest goat (Capricornis sumatraensis), hornbill (Buceros bicornis), sambar deer (Cervus unicolor), and cats (Prionailurus sumatrana bengalensis).

Leuser Mount National Park is one established by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve. Based on the Indonesia-Malaysia cooperation, also designated as "Sister Park" with the State Parks National Park in Malaysia.

Some sites/attractions to visit:

Gurah. View and enjoy the scenery, valleys, hot springs, lakes, waterfalls, observing animals and plants such as flowers Raflesia, orangutans, birds, snakes and butterflies.

Bohorok. Place orangutan rehabilitation activities and natural attractions of panorama of the river, camping and bird watching.

Kluet. Boating on rivers and lakes, trekking in coastal forests and caving. This area is the habitat of the Sumatran tiger.

Sekundur. Camping, caving and observing animals.

Suak Ketambe and leatherback. The study of primates and other wildlife that comes home and library research.

Leuser mount (3404 m. Asl) and Mt. Pecan (3314 m. Above sea level). Climbing and mountain climbing.

River rafting on Alas. Rafting activities of Gurah-Muara Situlen-wave for three days.

Cultural attractions outside the Park is Lake Toba Festival in June at Lake Toba and Malay Cultural Festival in July in Medan.

The best visiting season: June until October each year.

How to reach the location: Field-Kutacane within ± 240 km or 8 hours by car, Kutacane-Gurah/Ketambe is ± 35 km or 30 minutes by car, Medan-Bohorok/Bukit Lawang is ± 60 km or one hour by car, Medan- Sei Betung/Sekundur within ± 150 km or 2 hours by car, Medan-Tapaktuan within ± 260 km or 10 minutes by car.

Enjoy it!!